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- Nov 4, 2010
1. Maybe I misunderstood you; but can you inform us how they are "holding off" puberty? You must know something that everyone else doesn't.
2. What proof do you have that these girls are starving themselves? Are you a doctor and have you personally evaluated them? You should know that not every person is built the same way. Being short and light does not automatically mean one is anorexic. You are body shaming these girls by saying that they are starving themselves. You should not be making baseless claims about someone's health and appearance, as they are hurtful and offensive.
3. Have you seen Elizaveta Tuktamysheva's gorgeous 4T? Is she starving herself also and going through puberty?
4. The ladies quad revolution has just barely started. That has opened the door for many skaters now - younger and older - to learn and master these jumps. The fact that Tuktamysheva is now landing quads is proof of that. None of this would have seemed conceivable a few years ago.
5. What proof do you have that these girls are endangering their healths by trying these difficult jumps? Nobody knows what long-term health effects, if any, it will have on them. Also, skaters have gotten injured by doing 'only' triples. Should they stop trying triples because they are endangering their healths?
I'm not saying any one person is is doing this or that to continue to be able to do quads past the point where norms of development would suggest that she should have encountered puberty. Disordered eating is rampant in figure skating, and I refer you to the many skaters who have not only spoken out about this but who have had their careers ended by it. Disordered eating is rampant BECAUSE IT IS REWARDED, and increasingly so. All these quads, maybe by girls who are naturally late-blooming and girlish well into their teens, only serve to increase the rewards for Ladies who are not naturally late-blooming and learn the well known fact that restricted eating can mitigate some of the effects of puberty.